The European Chess Club Cup 2025 in Rhodes, Greece has started! Top players like GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Wei Yi and Richard Rapport in the Open tournament, and GMs Divya Deshmukh, Nana Dzagnidze and Mariya Muzychuk in the Women's tournament, will compete with their teams every day from 19 to 25 October. Watch all the games in our broadcasts.

Congratulations to K2N_chess for winning our Streamer Arena October 2025! Congrats also to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for taking 2nd place, to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,798 registered players!

The 9th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena - again featuring a $1,000 prize fund - will be held on 20th October at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.

Learn chess strategy from the ground up with the Morphy Simulator by @NoseKnowsAll! The study is aimed at beginner to intermediate players and covers opening principles, middlegame strategy, endgame fundamentals, and more - all through the games and moves of the legendary Paul Morphy.

Congratulations to IM @doughnut42 for winning our Blitz Titled Arena October 2025, ahead of IM Dimitris Alexakis, GM @chessmaster2006, GM Bardiya Daneshvar, and CM Daniil Rakitin!

Our October 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena.

We have announced the schedule for our remaining Titled Arenas this year - as usual, each arena has a total prize fund of $1,000 and will be preceded by a Warm-up Arena open to all players.